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Sri Sarada Devi: A Timeless Guide to Women's Education, Leadership & Empowerment

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) – Indian Women Network (IWN), West Bengal Chapter, visited NIHAR (Nivedita Institute for Human Advancement and Research), on 6 June 2026 at the NIHAR campus, Baghbazar, Kolkata. The program brought together distinguished women leaders, educators, social workers, and members of CII-IWN and Ramakrishna Sarada Mission for an inspiring evening centered on the timeless teachings of Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi, women’s leadership, empowerment, education, and social transformation. The event commenced with Vedic Chanting and devotional songs, creating a serene spiritual atmosphere. Speakers highlighted Holy Mother's universal message of love, purity, strength, and selfless service, while emphasizing the role of women in shaping a human and progressive society.

Participants & Speakers

🔹 Vedic Chanting - Pravrajika Muktipriyaprana

🔹 Introductory Address on CII-IWN - Smt. Swagata Guha Mustafi, Chairperson, IWN West Bengal

🔹 Welcome Address - Pravrajika Nikhilprana Mataji

🔹 "The Five Commandments of Sri Ma" - Smt. Sabujkoli Sen

🔹 "Sri Ma: A Phenomenal Leader" - Pravrajika Asheshaprana Mataji

🔹 “ Sister Nivedita, University Settlement & NIHAR” - Ms. Sarmila Mallik

🔹 Presidential Address - Pravrajika Atandraprana Mataji, General Secretary, Sri Sarada Math & Ramakrishna Sarada Mission

🔹 Vote of Thanks - Dr. Swati Smita, Vice Chairperson, IWN West Bengal


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“The selfless man is the thunderbolt.”

– Sister Nivedita

“Let us strive only for selflessness, and we become the weapon in the hands of the gods.”

– Sister Nivedita

“In nation-making, there is but one ideal, carried out by different methods, and the interest is the common interest of self-sacrifice.”

– Sister Nivedita

“I believe that India is one, indissoluble, indivisible.”

– Sister Nivedita

“National unity is built on the common home, the common interest, and the common love.”

– Sister Nivedita

“Technical education, without higher research, is a branch without a tree, a blossom without any root.”

– Sister Nivedita

“By our own vision of the ideal, and by our own struggle to reach its height do we really rise; by no other means whatsoever.”
– Sister Nivedita

“It is not by teaching a Bengali girl French, or the piano, but by enabling her to think about India, that we really educate her.”
– Sister Nivedita

“We must surround our children with the thought of their nation and their country. The centre of gravity must lie, for them, outside the family.”
– Sister Nivedita

“The highest art is always charged with spiritual intensity, with intellectual and emotional revelation.”
– Sister Nivedita

“All that matters is our own struggle. By that do we rise.”
– Sister Nivedita

“Struggle is worship. What else does the Gita teach its people?”
– Sister Nivedita

“A man may be a fool in technical and academic knowledge and yet a sage in which he feels and desires.”
– Sister Nivedita

“Real life begins when we die to the world of the senses.”
– Sister Nivedita

“If we learn nothing else, let us learn to give, let us learn to serve, let us learn to renounce.”
– Sister Nivedita

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